Month: May 2025

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Essex MPP Anthony Leardi (PC) is supporting the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario. It was presented recently before provincial parliament considers adoption […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press County of Essex Council will have to consider whether or not to adopt a Development Charges (DC) By-Law to pay for growth-related expansion of the […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Members of Essex Council unanimously voted to postpone making a decision on the detailed design of Walnut Street in Harrow during the May 20 meeting. […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press “We all know what goes up, must come down,” Councillor Kim Verbeek said during the May 20 meeting, where Council for the Town of Essex […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Administration for the Town of Essex will provide a report on how the municipality could incorporate employment positions through Community Living Essex County’s (CLEC) employment […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press The history of newspapers in the Town of Essex is one that goes back to 1879; a time where the small village was growing, even […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Members of Essex County Council learned of the corporation’s work force composition, recruitment and retention, employee development, labour-relations, and health and safety measures, when it […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Essex County Council supported expanding the scope of work for Sun Parlor Home’s Comprehensive Analysis and Feasibility Study, and added a Service Delivery Review during […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press The County of Essex will communicate to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing its support for the annexation of a parcel of land known […]